The evaluation report of the Networks of Centres of Excellence–New Initiatives (NCE–NI) pilot program, conducted by Science-Metrix in 2009, has been published online on the NCE website.
In the Management Response to this evaluation, NCE management found that “overall, the evaluation is sound, provides useful information and [we] agree with the evaluation’s findings and conclusions, and with the majority of its recommendations.”
The NCE–NI pilot initiative was created in 2005 to support networking among well-established researchers or research teams, as well as to encourage them to develop new partnerships with receptor communities and facilitate the creation of networks. Among other key findings, the evaluation conducted by Science-Metrix found that the NCE–NI pilot successfully facilitated and expanded the level of research collaboration between researchers and receptor communities through opportunities that would not likely have arisen without the networks.
Networks of Centres of Excellence New Initiative (NCE-NI): Final Evaluation Report, Prepared for the Interagency Evaluation Steering Committee, c/o Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council by Science-Metrix, 2009, 102 pages.
[PDF] – Evaluation report
[PDF] – Management Response
